Definitions for salt lick

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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

salt′ lick`(n.)

  1. a place to which animals go to lick naturally occurring salt deposits.

  2. a block of salt or salt preparation provided, as in a pasture, for cattle, horses, etc.

Origin of salt lick:

1735–45, Amer.

Princeton's WordNet

  1. salt lick, lick(noun)

    a salt deposit that animals regularly lick


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